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CMS Podcast: Beyond the Policy: Nursing Home Strategy Part 1 – Strengthening Oversight

Policy Snapshot
Skilled Nursing Care, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Practitioners
August 8, 2019
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the latest episode of its podcast, CMS: Beyond the Policy . This edition focuses on the first part of its five-pronged strategy on strengthening oversight in nursing homes. You can also...

The Effectiveness of Horticultural Therapy on Older Adults: A Systematic Review

JAMDA
August 8, 2019
Although the therapeutic effects of horticulture on older adults have been widely investigated, a recent and comprehensive synthesis of available evidence on outcomes is lacking. We systematically reviewed evidence for the therapeutic effects of...

Cluster-Controlled Trial of an Intervention to Improve Prescribing in Nursing Homes Study

JAMDA
August 8, 2019
To investigate the impact of a complex multifaceted intervention on the appropriateness of prescribing for Belgian nursing home (NH) residents.

A 4-Item Case-Finding Tool to Detect Dementia in Older Persons

JAMDA
August 7, 2019
Brief cognitive tests are recommended in clinical services outside of specialized memory clinics as case-finding tools to reduce the diagnostic gap of dementia. Although the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) is among the most widely used brief...

Circulating Micronutrient Biomarkers Are Associated With 3 Measures of Frailty: Evidence From the Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing

JAMDA
August 7, 2019
To examine the associations between 3 frailty instruments and circulating micronutrients in a large representative sample of older adults.

From Aspiring Astronaut to PALTC Award Winner: The Journey of Dr. Naushira Pandya

Spotlight
August 6, 2019
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join When she was young, Naushira Pandya, MD, CMD, wanted to be an astronaut. Fortunately for her many patients and colleagues, she decided to pursue medicine after watching a news story about leprosy. And she’s never...

Carotid Atherosclerosis Is Associated With Poorer Hearing in Older Adults

JAMDA
August 6, 2019
Cardiovascular disease may be linked to hearing loss through narrowing of the nutrient arteries of the cochlea, but large-scale population-based evidence for this association remains scarce. We investigated the association of carotid atherosclerosis...

Factors Associated With Nurses' Job Satisfaction In Residential Long-term Care: The Importance of Organizational Context

JAMDA
August 6, 2019
We examined demographic, individual, and organizational context factors associated with nurses' job satisfaction in residential long-term care (LTC) settings. Job satisfaction has implications for staff turnover, staff health, and quality of care.

The Clinical Potential of Frailty Indicators on Identifying Recurrent Fallers in the Community: The Mr. Os and Ms. OS Cohort Study in Hong Kong

JAMDA
August 6, 2019
To compare the clinical value of 3 frailty indicators in a screening pathway for identifying older men and women who are at risk of falls.

The Geriatric Patient: The Ideal One for Chest Ultrasonography? A Review From the Chest Ultrasound in the Elderly Study Group (GRETA) of the Italian Society of Gerontology and Geriatrics (SIGG)

JAMDA
August 6, 2019
To investigate the current evidence on the use of point-of-care chest ultrasonography in older patients and geriatric settings and present the current state of the art of chest ultrasound applications.